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Washington has quietly disbanded a previously unreported working group created to explore ways of pressuring Russia into peace talks with Ukraine, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing three anonymous U.S. officials familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The short-lived group was said to have been formed sometime between March and April, with its goal being to develop policy options for U.S. President Donald Trump if he chose to take a harder line on Russia amid his push to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Trump advisers had reportedly grown skeptical of the Kremlin\u2019s willingness to negotiate a ceasefire, while the president\u2019s own rhetoric at the time suggested he might be stepping back from an \u201caccommodating stance\u201d toward Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coordinated by the White House National Security Council, the group was said to include officials from the intelligence community and the departments of State, Treasury and Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The working group\u2019s proposals reportedly ranged from covert actions to curb Russian influence to diplomatic pressure on countries like Kazakhstan to enforce sanctions more strictly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It remains unclear whether Trump was fully aware of the group\u2019s existence, Reuters said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dismissal of key NSC personnel in late May \u2014 including Andrew Peek, the top official for Europe and Russia, as well as Ukraine-focused staff \u2014 rendered the group defunct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt lost its steam toward the end because the president wasn\u2019t there. Instead of doing more, maybe he wanted to do less,\u201d one official told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, who promised to broker an end to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine on the campaign trail last year, has drawn criticism from European allies for striking a conciliatory tone toward Moscow and blaming both sides for the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Reuters reported that the Trump administration halted a multi-agency effort to counter Russian hybrid warfare and disbanded two Justice Department task forces focused on Russian sanctions enforcement and foreign influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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